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Faculty Agriculture Genetics and Plant Breeding Faculty Members Dr. Delara Akhter

Dr. Delara Akhter

Professor

B.Sc. Ag. (Hons.), BAU; MS in Genetics and Plant Breeding, BAU; Ph.D. in Crop Genetics and Breeding, Zhejiang University, China; Postdoc fellow, Zhejiang University, China

Research interests: Genetics and Plant Breeding, Molecular Stress Physiology and Breeding, Stress Response and Damage Repair Mechanisms, the Participation and Inter-organellar Collaboration of Different Organelles in Plant Development and Physiology.

delara.gpb@sau.ac.bd

delaraakhter@yahoo.com
+8801854818593
Dept. of Genetics and Plant Breeding

Publication Profile

  • Feng, Y., Wang, Y., Lu, H., Li, J., Akhter, D., Liu, F., Zhao, T., Shen, X., Li, X., Whelan, J. and Zhang, T., 2023. Assembly and phylogenomic analysis of cotton mitochondrial genomes provide insights into the history of cotton evolution. The Crop Journal. (Impact Factor: 6.6)
  • Zhang, Y., Wang, X., Wang, X., Wang, Y., Liu, J., Wang, S., Li, W., Jin, Y., Akhter, D., Chen, J. and Hu, J., 2023. Bioinformatic analysis of short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase proteins in plant peroxisomes. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14, p.1180647. (Impact Factor: 5.6)
  • Lin Y, Li P, Zhang Y, Akhter D, Pan R, Fu Z, Huang M, Li X, Feng Y. Unprecedented organelle genomic variations in morning glories reveal independent evolutionary scenarios of parasitic plants and the diversification of plant mitochondrial complexes. BMC biology. 2022 Dec;20 (1):1-6. (Impact factor: 7.364).
  • Nutritional, textural, and sensory quality of bars enriched with banana flour and pumpkin seed flour
  • A Comprehensive Review of C. capsularis and C. olitorius: A Source of Nutrition, Essential Phytoconstituents and Pharmacological Activities
  • Nutritional, Textural, and Sensory Quality of Aloe Vera Leaf Gel Powder Fortified Plain Cake
  • Feng Y, Xiang X, Akhter D, Pan R, Fu Z, Jin X. Mitochondrial Phylogenomics of Fagales Provides Insights In to Plant Mitogenome Mosaic Evolution. Frontiers in plant science. 2021;12. (Impact factor: 5.6).
  • W Li, Y Zhang, MAR Mazumder, R Pan, D Akhter. 2022. Research progresses on rice leaf color mutants. Crop Design, p.100015. #Corresponding author
  • Zinia, S.A., Nupur, A.H., Karmoker, P., Hossain, A., Jubayer, M.F., Akhter D. and Mazumder, M.A.R., 2022. Effects of sprouting of soybean on the anti-nutritional, nutritional, textural and sensory quality of tofu. Heliyon, 8(10). (Impact factor: 4.00).
  • Xu R*, Pan R*, Zhang Y, Feng Y, UK Nath, Gan Y, Shi C#, Akhter D#. 2021. RNA-Seq-Based Profiling of pl Mutant Reveals Transcriptional Regulation of Anthocyanin Biosynthesis in Rice (Oryza sativa L.). International journal molecular sciences 22 (18), 9787. (Impact factor: 5.6). #Corresponding author
  • Akhter D, Zhang Y, Hu J and Pan R. 2023. Protein ubiquitination in plant peroxisomes. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 65(2), pp.371-380. (Impact Factor: 11.4)
  • Deng Q, Li H, Feng Y, Xu R, Li W, Zhu R, Akhter D, Shen X, Hu J, Jiang H, Pan R. Defining upstream enhancing and inhibiting sequence patterns for plant Peroxisome Targeting Signal type 1 using largeā€scale in silico and in vivo analyses. The Plant Journals. 2022. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35603488/. (Impact factor: 7.091)
  • Akhter D, Qin R, Nath UK, Eshag J, Xiaoli J, Shi C. 2019. Transcriptional Profile Corroborates the bml Mutant Plays Likely Role in Premature Leaf Senescence of Rice (Oryza sativa L.).Int. J. Mol. Sci.20(7):1708.
  • Akhter D, Qin R, Nath UK, Eshag J, Xiaoli J, Shi C. 2018. A rice gene, OsPL, Encoding a MYB Family Transcription Factor confers Anthocyanin synthesis, Heat Stress Response and Hormonal Signaling. Gene69: 62-72.
  • Akhter D, Qin R, Nath UK, Alamin M, Jin X and Shi C. 2018. The Brown Midrib Leaf(bml) Mutation in Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Causes Premature Leaf Senescence and the Induction of Defense Responses. Genes.9:203.
  • Qin R*, Akhter D*, Chengcong YA, Nath UK, Eshag J, Xiaoli J, Shi C. 2018.SRG1, Encoding a Kinesin-4 Protein, is an Important Factor for Determining the Grain Shape in Rice (Oryza sativaL.). Rice Sci. 25(6), 297-307. *Sharing 1 st authorship
  • Yohannes T, Zhongkang W, Jialin L, Mustafa S, Jamal E, Akhter D, Shi C, Xiaoli J. 2019. Morphological Characteristics and Gene Mapping of Purple Apiculus Formation in Rice. Plant Mol. Biol. Rep. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s11105-019-01156-3)
  • Qin R, Zeng D, Yang C, Akhter D, Alamin M, Jin X, Shi C. 2018 . LTBSG1, a New Allele of BRD2, Regulates Panicle and Grain Development in Rice by Brassinosteroid Biosynthetic Pathway. Genes.9:6.
  • Qin R, Zeng D, Liang R, Yang C, Akhter D, Alamin M, Jin X, Shi C. 2017. Rice Gene SDL/RNRS1, Encoding the Small Subunit of Ribonucleotide Reductase, is Required for Chlorophyll Synthesis and Plant Growth Development. Gene. 627:351-62.
  • Akhter D, Hassan L, Nath UK, Mia MS. 2012. Selection of Salt Tolerant Brassica campestrisGenotypes Through in vitroTechniques in Bangladesh. J. Prog. Sci. & Tech. X(I): 025-028.
  • Shafrin F, Nath UK, Alam MS and Akhter D. 2010. Development of Doubled Haploid Rapeseed Genotypes through Microspore Culture. Intl. J. Bio. Res.2(11): 07-10.
  • Shafrin F, Nath UK, Alam MS, Akhter D. 2010. Selection of Microspore Derived Embryo Genotypes Based on Fatty Acid Pattern Analysis in Rapeseed. Int. J. Bio. Res. 2(12): 05-07
  • Sarker KK, Monshi FI, Sultana S, Akhter D, Bhuiyan MS. 2016. Development of an Efficient Plant Regeneration System of Field Mustard (Brassica campestris). British Biotech. J.10(2): 1-10.

Books

  • Debnath B, Akhi MZ, Rob MM, Sikder A, Rahman MM, Islam MS, Das AC, Salwa M, Akhter D, Li X, Ahammed GJ. Role of Phytohormones in Plant Responses to Acid Rain. In Plant Hormones and Climate Change 2023 Jan 1 (pp. 95-124). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.
  • Rahman L, Nath UK and Akhter D. PLANT VARIETIES OF BANGLADESH Morphological and Molecular Characterization. Volume-4, Part- Rapeseed, pages: 499-550. October 2010. Publisher: Agriculture Extension Component/ Seed Wing, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. ISBN: 984-300-001120-8.